So I thought it necessary to urge the (A)brethren that they would go on ahead to you and arrange beforehand your previously promised [a](B)bountiful gift, so that the same would be ready as a [b](C)bountiful gift and not [c](D)affected by covetousness.

Now this I say, (E)he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows [d]bountifully will also reap [e]bountifully. Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not (F)grudgingly or under compulsion, for (G)God loves a cheerful giver.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 9:5 Lit blessing
  2. 2 Corinthians 9:5 Lit blessing
  3. 2 Corinthians 9:5 Lit as covetousness
  4. 2 Corinthians 9:6 Lit with blessings
  5. 2 Corinthians 9:6 Lit with blessings